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This original draft of Catherine May's speech commemorating suffrage discusses May's predictions for the future of women's rights. She predicts that advancement will continue, and that women in public office will increase. She also espouses disarmament, and emphasizes the feminine capacity to encourage cessation of arms.

This unique press release relays the Atomic Energy Commission's agreement to contribute $2,000 yearly to control the predator animal population at the Hanford site. After complaints from Yakima Valley Sheep Marketing Association, Catherine May pushed for the decision to control the coyote population which resides on the Hanford reservation.

A typed outline listing the major themes underlying the "Crisis for Americans" film series. The author and date are not listed, but it is likely the work of Pepperdine College Vice President William Teague dating to about 1961.

Catherine May writes to W.E. Johnson, General Manager of Hanford Atomic Products Operation, to inform him of her public statement regarding the NPR authorization of funds pertaining to the electric generating facilities at the Hanford site. She encloses a script (along with edits) regarding the subject, which will air on television.

This draft of the speech read before the House of Representatives on the anniversary of the enactment of the 19th amendment includes May's original edits and notations. In this speech, May discusses the history and development of the movement, and the future for women's rights. She additionally discusses the need for the equal rights amendments. (note: the last two items are duplicates of the same page, page 20; the copy includes May's edits)

This invitation represents the standard letter sent to all members of Congress for the commemoration of the first anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which established women's suffrage. May spoke at the event and was a key legislative organizer.

In this letter to Catherine May, constituent Paul H. Adriance expresses disbelief at the Idaho Falls nuclear accident, which caused regional nuclear fallout. He claims that the danger of nuclear accidents renders nuclear reactors just as dangerous as nuclear weapons, and diminishes their usefulness in light of this danger. In an interesting notation made by May on the letter, she makes a cost-benefit calculation which justifies the danger associated with the use of atomic plants to counteract the danger of nuclear war. She does not make this direct connection in her reply to Adriance, but tells him that atomic energy is "here to stay" and that necessary safety precautions have been enacted. Interestingly, 2-years later the Atomic Energy Commission shut down the Hanford Site, and it appeared that atomic energy was not "here to stay" in Hanford. Additionally, May grappled with her own perspectives on disarmament.

This memorandum, marked "important" by May's notations, outlines the line items which pertain to the Hanford site, as delineated by the Atomic Energy Commission's proposed bill for FY 1962 programs.

This congressional record includes remarks by Catherine May which express her concern over eastern private power and coal-mining interests to electrical generating facilities at the Hanford site. She asks for an editorial titled, "West Virginia Speaks," to be added to the record. The editorial expresses May's sentiments in addition to confusion as to why eastern private power and coal-mining interests are pursuing such selfish and unwarranted interests.

This draft of remarks before the House of Representatives actually includes two separate sets of remarks, the first of which is undated (pages 1-4), the second of which is dated 8 August, 1961 (pages 5-9). Both sets of remarks address Congressional concerns of private versus public power regarding the addition of electrical generating facilities to the NPR at the Hanford site. May extinguishes these fears and propounds the need for such facilities, and reveals the "selfish" justifications of the opposition.

Constituent W.R. Hooper, who is also Chairman of the Kitties County Central Committee, completes a Ballot for Congressmen sponsored by the National Federation of Independent Business. In addition to his generic responses, he writes additional comments regarding the unnecessary costs of adding an electrical generator at the Hanford site. Catherine May replies thanking him for his good work as Chairman, and assuring Hooper that the NPR project would be justified, but that it will most likely not be passed by Congress.